Sustainability & Energy Efficiency

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25 February 2022

Biofuel trial by Pilkington marks world-first towards decarbonisation

Posted on by Max Banner

Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has become the world’s first flat glass manufacturer to fire its furnace on 100% biofuel, as part of an industry trial to find sustainable alternatives to natural gas.

  • 25 February 2022

Senior

22 February 2022

Save energy with Senior Architectural Systems’ technical support

Posted on by Max Banner

Senior Architectural Systems is committed to saving specifiers both time and energy by working with them to create cost-effective and compliant designs.

  • 22 February 2022

Gilberts

16 February 2022

Gilberts outlines how it can help UK building and construction in the zero carbon evolution

Posted on by Max Banner

With new Building Regulations on ventilation and energy efficiency coming into force later this year, to help achieve zero carbon by 2050, Gilberts Blackpool is ahead of the game in advice and support.

  • 16 February 2022

07 February 2022

Recofloor reaches major 6,000-tonne milestone

Posted on by Max Banner

An incredible 6,000 tonnes of waste vinyl flooring has been collected through Recofloor, since the scheme was founded in 2009 by leading flooring manufacturers Polyflor and Altro.

  • 07 February 2022

Hemsec

07 February 2022

Live the sustainable dream by using Hemsec SIPs for garden rooms

Posted on by Max Banner

During the lockdown of spring 2020, a Hemsec customer, experienced in brick and block renovation, wanted to use SIPs for a new garden room.

  • 07 February 2022

Kingspan

04 February 2022

Kingspan QuadCore 2.0 offers increased recycled content and two hour fire resistance

Posted on by Max Banner

The latest development of Kingspan’s unique, self-blended insulation technology, ‘QuadCore 2.0’, demonstrates that innovation and product performance enhancement do not need to come at the sacrifice of our planet.

  • 04 February 2022

28 January 2022

Granada secondary glazing lowers carbon footprint of historic Museum of London

Posted on by Max Banner

Derelict market buildings in the Conservation Area of Smithfield, central London have been converted to create a warmer, quieter and more secure environment to house the new Museum of London, thanks to Granada’s secondary glazing. 

  • 28 January 2022

BMBI

27 January 2022

BMBI reveals strong builders’ merchant November sales

Posted on by Max Banner

The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in January, reveal that merchants’ year-on-year value sales to builders and contractors were 17.4% higher in November 2021 compared to the same month in 2020.

  • 27 January 2022

27 January 2022

Building a dream eco-SIPs garden room for the first time with Hemsec

Posted on by Max Banner

This case study from Hemsec outlines a builder’s first experience of building a thermally efficient SIPs garden room during the lockdown of Spring 2020.

  • 27 January 2022

DCA

26 January 2022

Entries are now open for the new Digital Construction Awards

Posted on by Max Banner

On the evening of Tuesday 12 July 2022, representatives from across the built environment industry will gather at The Brewery in Central London for the new Digital Construction Awards.

  • 26 January 2022